17 Sep 1981
Das Boot
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
The Little American
The silent sufferers
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
Top Billed Cast
Mary Pickford Angela Moore
Jack Holt Karl von Austreim
Raymond Hatton Count Jules de Destin
Hobart Bosworth German Colonel
Walter Long German Captain
Wallace Beery German Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Kerry Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Colleen Moore Maid (uncredited)
Ramon Novarro Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
James Neill Senator John Moore
Ben Alexander Bobby Moore
Guy Oliver Frederick von Austreim
Edythe Chapman Mrs. von Austreim
Lillian Leighton Angela's Great Aunt
DeWitt Jennings English Barrister
Olive Corbett Nurse (uncredited)
Lucile Dorrington Nurse (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart Submarine Commander U-Boat 21 (uncredited)
Carl Gerard Reverend (uncredited)
Robert Gordon Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
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